Sunday, March 16, 2008

Pink Lady apples are by far the most superior kind of apple there is. I just ate a Granny Smith, which used to be my favorite, and it was like drinking a can of Bud after spending a week in Europe drinking fresh Czech beer on tap in squares in fabulous cities.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Cubs manager Lou Piniella says Alfonso Soriano will bat second, theone spot that he seems least equipped to handle, what with the needfor plate discipline and sacrifice. In fact, Aramis Ramirez is betterequipped to hit second than Soriano is, if only because Ramirezdoesn't strike out nearly as much.

If Soriano's constant leg problems mean he isn't a threat to stealbases, as the Cubs believe, then he is simply a power hitter whostrikes out a lot, which sounds like he should be hitting fifth. Therumored No. 5 hitter Kosuke Fukudome, meanwhile, comes with thescouting report of being a hybrid of Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui-- you know, all the skills you'd want for a guy in the 2-hole.

But no.

Right now, manager Lou Piniella has it the other way around. Just whenyou thought the Cubs were done being so Cub.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

I'm concerned. I'm concerned because George Lucas is a freakin whack job. He bought a bunch of land that's pretty much in a national park, and he might be part hyena. Most concerning is what I read in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, which I don't normally read, but was given to me by my friend who subscribes and noted the article about the new Indiana Jones movie, which she knows I would be VERY interested in. The article says that Lucas came up with some nutty idea for the plot to the new movie, which no one else (Harrison Ford, Spielberg, etc) liked. But Lucas insisted that it was this plot or nothing. And they were like, well, ok. So that concerns me. I'm also worried that he's going to CGI the shit out of it and ruin it that way. Now there's a new trailer out. Which I had to read about in the freaking CHRONICLE, for pete's sake. I have kids; I go to two movies a year! Throw me a bone!

Also, this kid who plays his son looks like kind of a dork.

But on the bright side, Karen Allen is going to be in the movie, which can only be a good thing. It's my belief that the strong female lead is key to the quality Indy movie, along with worthy adversaries, i.e., Nazis. In this case, Commies. Which might be sufficient.